Baby-jumper



(No Model.)

A. WILSON.

. BABY JUMPER. No. 404,241. Patented May. 28, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT EEICE.

ADELE wILsON7 6E OIIIOAGO7 ILLINOIS.

BABY-J U M PER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 404,241, dated May 28, 1889.

Application filed September 17, 1,888. Serial No. 285,612. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern,.-

Be it known that I, ADELE VILsON, of Chicago, in the Stat-e of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Baby-Jumpers, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to a baby-jumper constructed so as to permit the child to stand upright with its feet upon the floor, or to sit as in a swing 5 and the objects of my improvements are to provide means for preventing the child from falling out or in any way hurting itself, and to allow it to have the free use of its limbs for exercise. I have attained these objects by the jumper constructed as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a front view of the jumper, with a child represented as standing with its feet upon the fioor. Fig. 2 is a similar view with a child represented as sitting in a swing. Fig. 3 shows the entire apparatus without the child.

The invention consists in the parts and combinations hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claim. f

I provide a saddle-piece, A, on which the child can sit astride, which ismade of cloth and provided with a body-piece, A', which is attached to the front end, a, of the saddlepiece or made integral therewith. The bodypiece is of sufficient width to substantially cover the childs body below the arms, and of sufficient length to be wrapped quite or nearly around the body,from the front and have its ends connected at the back. The saddlepiece is of sufficient length to be turned up behind and attached at d to the upper edge of the body-piece, covering the rear ends of the body4piece where they are connected at the back. The saddle and body pieces 'together, when folded and connected in the manner described, constitute a bag which is open at the top and has a side opening, a2, at the bottom on the right and on the left for the lower limbs.

At the top of the body-piece, in front, are placed eyelets or rings c, and at the back similar rings, c', of larger size, through which rings c2 on the free end of the saddle-piece maybe passed, for the purpose of connecting said free end to the body-piecc at the top.

The saddle and body pieces thus con structed and connected are supported by straps C, which are provided with hooks at their lower ends for connecting in the rings c and c2, and have their upper ends connected in a single ring, C whichin turnis connected with a spring, C2, by a strap and buckle at C3, so that when the spring is suspendedfrom the ceiling or other support above the height of the jumper above the floor can be readily adjusted.

A hoop, D, is attached to the straps C above the childs head, and spreads them apart so that they will not interfere with the movement Of the head.

A lower hoop, D', is suspended from the hoop D by Awraps D2, which are made adjustable vertically by means of buckles at cl, so that said hoop may be adjusted to the height of the childs hands.

The jumper is suspended at the proper height, so that the childs feet will j usttouch the floor, the weight being borne chiefiy by the saddle-piece, so that a sli ghtj ump, through the aid of the spring above, will send the little one up considerably off thc floor, after which it will be let down again. To use the jumper as a swing, the child is lifted and its knees are placed over the hoop Din front, allowing the feet to hang down outside said hoop, which is thereby borne down in front and raised behind, so as to take the position shown in Fig. 2.

The connection of the upper ends of the straps D2 with the hoop D is made by hook d passing through holes in said hoop, whereby said straps are made readily detachable at their upper ends, so that the hoop D is readily detachable from the other part of the apparatus.

That I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a baby-jumper, the combination, with a saddle-piece provided with a body-piece, a suspension-spring, C2, suspensionstraps C, connecting the saddle-piece and spring, and a spreading-hoop, of a hoop,D, and adjustingstraps D2, connecting said hoops, whereby said hoop D may be adjusted relatively to the body-piece and serve as a rest for the hands or legs of the occupant, as and for the purpose specified.

ADELE WILSON. TitIIesscs:

ADA M. MACLAOHLAN, JNO. H. WHIPPLE.

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